Product Readiness Manager
About The Position
The Product Readiness Management team partners closely with Product Management and cross-functional organizations to translate product strategy into actionable priorities and ensure products and software releases are ready for market. The team brings together stakeholders across Product, Sales Enablement, Partner Enablement, Customer Experience, and other functions to align strategic priorities, manage dependencies, and drive successful Go-to-Market execution. As a Strategy & Planning Manager, you will translate strategic direction into actionable priorities, initiatives, milestones, and decision frameworks that support product and Go-to-Market objectives. You will provide cross-functional leaders with clear analyses and recommendations to guide resource allocation, risk management, prioritization, and release readiness while driving alignment across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant professional experience, OR a Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience managing projects, programs, or strategic initiatives with multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience driving cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution, including managing milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions across teams without direct authority.
- Experience supporting Go-to-Market, product readiness, product launches, or similar cross-functional business initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification or demonstrated experience applying project/program management methodologies.
- Experience in a technology, networking, software, hardware, or similarly complex product environment.
- Experience with Go-to-Market strategy, product launches, product readiness, or sales/partner enablement.
- Experience using AI tools or AI-enabled capabilities to improve productivity, planning, analysis, or business decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategic direction into actionable priorities, initiatives, milestones, decision forums, and planning tools, providing recommendations that support business and product objectives.
- Lead cross-functional Go-to-Market readiness initiatives for new products, software releases, and portfolio programs, coordinating priorities, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Partner with Product Management, Sales Enablement, Partner Enablement, Customer Experience, and other cross-functional stakeholders to align strategic priorities and drive execution.
- Analyze business, product, market, and program information to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies, and trade-offs and provide recommendations to cross-functional leaders.
- Develop and maintain planning frameworks, status updates, risk/issue tracking, and performance insights to support prioritization, resource alignment, and successful product readiness.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
